Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

The vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman, together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, secundum Wit et Resoun, by William Langland (about 1362-1393 A. D.)

Non morabitur opus mercenarij [tui] apud te usque mane.
[hure] huyre M; hire F. hewe] so I; hywe P; hyne EFMS. ouer—a] til it be oþer F. mercenarij EMS] spelt mercennarij PF. [tui FS] PEMI om.] And þer is reson as a reue · rewarding treuthe, [as] M om. rewarding] to re|warde F. treuthe] þroȝ (!) E.] And boþe þe lord and þe laborer · ben leelliche yserued. [And] Þat IMFS.] The mede þat meny prest[es] takeþ · for masses þat þei syngen, [A page 40] [B page 42] [prestes ME] prestis I; prestus S; men F; prest P. masses—syngen] here massus syngyng F.] 313 Amen, amen, Matheu seyth · mercedem suam recipiunt. [B page 43] [Matheu] Matheus M. suam] F om. recipiunt] receperunt MFS.] In marchaundise ys no mede · ich may it wel avowe; [ys] þer is F; nys E.] Hit is a permutacion a-pertelich · o pene-worth for anoþer. [apertelich] F om. o] so PEI; a MF; on S. pene-worth] peny F.] 316 And þauh þe kyng of hys cortesye · kaiser, oþer pope, [hys] F om.] Ȝeue lond oþer lordshup · [or] oþer large ȝiftes, [[or IMFSG] PE om. ȝiftes] ȝeftes P; see l. 230.] To here leelle [and] lyge · loue ys þe cause. [leelle] I om. [and M] and to I; PEFS om. (but see next line). lyge S] lige M; lege PIE (but see next line); lyge-men F. ys] I om.] And yf þe leelle and þe lyge · be luther men after, [þe (1)] þo M. þe (2)] IME om. lyge] liege I; liche E.] 320 Boþe kyng and kayser · and þe coroned pope May desauowe þat þey dude · and douwe þer-with oþer, [desauowe] disalowe FS. douwe] dowe E; dewe F; do IMS. þer-with] þer-whit P. oþer] an oþer IFS; a noþer M.] And a-non by-nymen hym hit · and neuere [more] after [anon—hit] bynyme it hem anon I. hym hit] hem hit S; hit hem M; it hem F. [more IFMG] PES om. after] þer-aftur F.] Noþer þei ne here Ayres · hardy to cleyme, [þei ne] eny of I. hardy] be hardy hit F.] 324 That kyng oþer cayser hym gaf · catel oþer rente. [That] Of þat þe F. hym] hem IS; F om. catel oþer] of catel & of F.] For god gaf to salamon · grace vp-on erthe, [to] IM om. grace] gret grace F. erthe] þe erthe P; but EIMFS omit þe.] Rychesse and reson · whyle he ryht lyuede, [Rychesse] Boþe ricchesse F. whyle] þer-whil I. ryht] wel F.] 327
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The vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman, together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, secundum Wit et Resoun, by William Langland (about 1362-1393 A. D.)
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Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,
1867-85.

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